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James Wilson was sent off for a second yellow card in stoppage time but the held on and took an extra point with a penalty win to give them a fighting chance of progressing going into the final group game.

And Cowley says he was proud of the efforts of all of his players.

Lincoln City's Lee Frecklington celebrates scoring his penalty

“I thought it was a really good game,” he said. “We knew going into it that it was a game that means a lot to our supporters with it being a Lincolnshire derby.

“The fans were brilliant. You always want to give your fans something back particularly when ours have been so good to us.

“ I was really proud of the performance. We said at the outset that we have been in a lot of these games, if you get the attitude and the approach right and play with enough energy and enthusiasm then you normally find a way.

“I was really pleased with us against a top League One side who have made about four changes from their squad from Saturday where as we made 10.

“We played with three teenagers in the group. It was a good night all round.”